Near the end of the [[Triwizard Tournament]], Harry and the other champions were informed that the third task would be a [[Hedge Maze|maze]], filled with [[magic]]al obstacles. [[Victor Krum]] asked to speak to Harry alone (about his relationship with [[Hermione Granger]]), but as they moved away from the [[Quidditch pitch]], a barely coherent [[Bartemius Crouch Sr.|Barty Crouch Sr.]] emerged from the forest, asking for [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]]. Harry left to retrieve Dumbledore, but upon his return, found that Krum had been stunned at the edge of the forest and Crouch was nowhere to be seen. <ref name=GOF>''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''</ref>

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Near the end of the [[Triwizard Tournament]], Harry and the other champions were informed that the third task would be a [[Hedge Maze|maze]], filled with [[magic]]al obstacles. [[Victor Krum]] asked to speak to Harry alone (about his relationship with [[Hermione Granger]]), but as they moved away from the [[Quidditch pitch]], a barely coherent [[Bartemius Crouch Sr.|Barty Crouch Sr.]] emerged from the forest, asking for [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]]. Harry left to retrieve Dumbledore, but upon his return, found that Krum had been stunned at the edge of the forest and Crouch was nowhere to be seen. <ref name=GOF>''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''</ref> [[Bartemius Crouch Jr.]], disguised as [[Alastor Moody]], had [[Killing Curse|killed]] his father and hid it using Alastor Moody's [[invisibility cloak]]. Later, he returned, [[Human to bone|transfigured the body into a bone]], and buried it in the forest.<ref name="GF35">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', Chapter 35 - (''Veritaserum'')</ref>